Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 27 (2011) Winner
Shane McCrae
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Shane McCrae
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1975-09-22 （Portland, Oregon, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Portland, Oregon → California → Texas → Iowa (during University of Iowa studies) → New York (Columbia University)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, university professor, editor
- Active Years
- 2000-
- Affiliations
- Oberlin College (Assistant Professor, Creative Writing), Columbia University (Associate Professor, Creative Writing MFA), Image (Poetry Editor)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemeketa Community College | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Linfield College | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| University of Iowa | — | Creative Writing (MFA program) | MFA | — | United States |
| Harvard Law School | — | Law | JD | — | United States |
| University of Iowa | — | — | MA | — | United States |
Chemeketa Community College
Country:
United States
Attended after obtaining GED
Linfield College
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
2002
Country:
United States
Bachelor's degree (major unspecified)
University of Iowa
Creative Writing (MFA program)
Degree:
MFA
Year of Graduation:
2004
Country:
United States
Earned MFA
Harvard Law School
Law
Degree:
JD
Year of Graduation:
2007
Country:
United States
Earned Juris Doctor (J.D.)
University of Iowa
Degree:
MA
Year of Graduation:
2012
Country:
United States
Earned Master's degree (details unspecified)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Whiting Award | — | — | The Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Kate Tufts Discovery Award (finalist) | Mule | — | Kate Tufts Foundation / Committee | 最終候補 |
| 2012 | PEN Center USA Literary Award | Mule | — | PEN Center USA | — |
| 2013 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 助成 |
| 2014 | Lexi Rudnitsky/Editor's Choice Award | The Animal Too Big to Kill | — | Persea Books | 受賞 |
| 2017 | National Book Award (finalist) | In the Language of My Captor | — | National Book Foundation | 最終候補 |
| 2018 | Anisfield-Wolf Book Award | In the Language of My Captor | — | Anisfield-Wolf | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Lannan Literary Award | — | — | Lannan Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | フェローシップ |
| 2020 | T. S. Eliot Prize (shortlist) | Sometimes I Never Suffered | — | T. S. Eliot Foundation | ショートリスト |
| 2020 | NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship | — | — | New York State Council on the Arts / NYFA | フェローシップ |
Whiting Award
2011
Organization:
The Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
Kate Tufts Discovery Award (finalist)
2012
Work:
Mule
Organization:
Kate Tufts Foundation / Committee
Result:
最終候補
PEN Center USA Literary Award
2012
Work:
Mule
Organization:
PEN Center USA
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
2013
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
助成
Lexi Rudnitsky/Editor's Choice Award
2014
Work:
The Animal Too Big to Kill
Organization:
Persea Books
Result:
受賞
National Book Award (finalist)
2017
Work:
In the Language of My Captor
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
最終候補
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
2018
Work:
In the Language of My Captor
Organization:
Anisfield-Wolf
Result:
受賞
Lannan Literary Award
2017
Organization:
Lannan Foundation
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2019
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
フェローシップ
T. S. Eliot Prize (shortlist)
2020
Work:
Sometimes I Never Suffered
Organization:
T. S. Eliot Foundation
Result:
ショートリスト
NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship
2020
Organization:
New York State Council on the Arts / NYFA
Result:
フェローシップ
Awards & Nominations
Lannan Literary Awards
2 appearances
-
Edition 51 (2017) Winner
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 83 (2018) Winner
Arthur Rense Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 9 (2023) Winner
Works
Major Works
In Canaan
2010 PoetryEarly collection of poems exploring personal memory and identity.
memoryidentity
Mule
2011 PoetryA collection addressing personal and historical violence and familial rupture.
violencefamilyrace
The Animal Too Big to Kill
2015 PoetryPoems that question violence, memory, and historical debts.
historyviolencememory
In the Language of My Captor
2017 PoetryAddresses kidnapping and abuse, giving language to personal experience and interrogating memory and forgiveness. National Book Award finalist.
kidnappingtraumaforgiveness
The Gilded Auction Block
2019 PoetryInterweaves history and personal history to poetically address issues in the U.S.
racehistorymemory
Sometimes I Never Suffered
2020 PoetryExplores intersections of self, suffering, and memory through introspective poems. Shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize.
sufferingmemoryself
Cain Named the Animal
2022 PoetryPoems engaging religious motifs and human violence.
religionviolencemyth
Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping
2023 MemoirA detailed memoir tracing childhood kidnapping and family history.
kidnappingfamily historymemory
Bibliography
- In Canaan
- Mule
- Blood
- Nonfiction
- Forgiveness Forgiveness
- The Animal Too Big to Kill
- In the Language of My Captor
- The Gilded Auction Block
- Sometimes I Never Suffered
- Cain Named the Animal
- Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping
- The Many Hundreds of the Scent: Poems
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- metaphorical lyricismfragmented/experimental narration
- Recurring Motifs
- familymemoryviolenceracekidnapping
Legacy
Shane McCrae is recognized for linking personal experience and historical violence in his poetry and memoirs, and has received multiple literary awards and fellowships. He is regarded as an important voice in contemporary American poetry.
Trivia
- He was kidnapped at age three by his maternal grandparents and raised by them, suffering abuse from his grandfather.
- He dropped out of high school, later obtained a GED, and went on to attend college.